A line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship.
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Examples for "water line "
Examples for "water line "
1 Right now the village's wharves would be well above the water line .
2 Mask your view so you can only see above the water line .
3 Two shells plowed into the crippled German just on the water line .
4 They were mostly dynamited, or else shot close to the water line .
5 The jetty was well above the water line , patrol boat level.
1 However, the spirit of the original question asks about the water level .
2 The agency said a rapid rise in the water level was likely.
3 In past years, Lake Naivasha had seen dramatic reductions in water level .
4 Cautious dips to the water level proved that the sea was saline.
5 I rushed down to stand on the last step above water level .
1 Jute estimated that height at a good six fathoms above the waterline .
2 All the doors could be sealed tight: it was below the waterline .
3 She had caught sight of someone near the waterline below the hotel.
4 Grant tilted the binoculars down, scanning the hull just above the waterline .
5 It'll burn to the waterline and sink in twenty minutes or so.
6 The sharp-edged cliffs retreated from the waterline and softened to gentle slopes.
7 Yellow fish nibbled at the weed that had grown on her waterline .
8 He'd seen the phone box above the waterline and walked into the house.
9 It quickly rolled on its side, revealing a long gouge below the waterline .
10 But really the ship has been holed beneath the waterline for some time.
11 There was no safe place above the waterline in a ship-of-war.
12 And so I had taken care to keep well back from the waterline .
13 The entire craft was supported just above the waterline by a metal stand.
14 This time the Essex was holed below the waterline , and doomed.
15 She looked over the rail but couldn't even see the waterline .
16 The high waterline on the nearby tree trunks was now shoulder-high on her.
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Waterline в диалектах
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